Comments on: Post Grabs Six Pulitzers http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/07/post-grabs-six-pulitzers/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tiffany Bridge http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/07/post-grabs-six-pulitzers/comment-page-1/#comment-13493 Tiffany Bridge Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:13:15 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/07/post-grabs-six-pulitzers/#comment-13493 What I really admire most about the Post these days is that, at a time when newspapers are spending a lot of time worrying about how to stay competitive in the face of 24 hour news channels, newsbloggers, etc who might be able to jump on a story faster and spread it, they've figured out that what they have that the others don't is a big ol' news budget to throw at original, investigative reporting. Maybe a group of bloggers could have come up with the Walter Reed story, but they would have been constrained by day jobs, lack of budget, the pressure to turn a story out rapidly, etc. So the Post has figured out what they can do better than other media sources, and they've run with it. Good for them; the Pulitzers were well-deserved. What I really admire most about the Post these days is that, at a time when newspapers are spending a lot of time worrying about how to stay competitive in the face of 24 hour news channels, newsbloggers, etc who might be able to jump on a story faster and spread it, they’ve figured out that what they have that the others don’t is a big ol’ news budget to throw at original, investigative reporting. Maybe a group of bloggers could have come up with the Walter Reed story, but they would have been constrained by day jobs, lack of budget, the pressure to turn a story out rapidly, etc. So the Post has figured out what they can do better than other media sources, and they’ve run with it. Good for them; the Pulitzers were well-deserved.

]]> By: Udayan Tripathi http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/07/post-grabs-six-pulitzers/comment-page-1/#comment-13490 Udayan Tripathi Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:01:50 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/07/post-grabs-six-pulitzers/#comment-13490 It's definitely been an impressive year at the Post. They remain the gold standard for U.S. politics and for liberal opinion, and it's always a delight to read Michael Gerson et al. I was most impressed by the coverage of Walter Reed. It was rigorous and comprehensive without being callous. Not once was opinion interjected to force the readers' mind into feeling one way or another. Emotive on its own, the stories demonstrated the true power of great journalism. Awards well deserved. BTW, the Times got 2 Pulitzers. It’s definitely been an impressive year at the Post. They remain the gold standard for U.S. politics and for liberal opinion, and it’s always a delight to read Michael Gerson et al.

I was most impressed by the coverage of Walter Reed. It was rigorous and comprehensive without being callous. Not once was opinion interjected to force the readers’ mind into feeling one way or another. Emotive on its own, the stories demonstrated the true power of great journalism.

Awards well deserved. BTW, the Times got 2 Pulitzers.

]]> By: Don http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/07/post-grabs-six-pulitzers/comment-page-1/#comment-13487 Don Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:17:47 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/07/post-grabs-six-pulitzers/#comment-13487 You'll never hear me say boo against Mr Weingarten taking an award, regardless of what it is. When I moved up here I was delighted to see his name in the Post Magazine. One of the worst decisions the Miami Herald ever made was to stop printing Tropic and Gene was one of the people who made that magic happen. Being able to open up the Washington Post magazine and see his name there every Sunday is, to me, a gift. Albeit one I have to pay $30 a quarter to receive, but a gift never the less. You’ll never hear me say boo against Mr Weingarten taking an award, regardless of what it is. When I moved up here I was delighted to see his name in the Post Magazine. One of the worst decisions the Miami Herald ever made was to stop printing Tropic and Gene was one of the people who made that magic happen. Being able to open up the Washington Post magazine and see his name there every Sunday is, to me, a gift.

Albeit one I have to pay $30 a quarter to receive, but a gift never the less.

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